Editing Haverhill, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Haverhill, New Hampshire
|nickname                 = 
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|image_skyline            = Haverhill NH town hall 5.JPG
|image_seal               = Haverhill Town Seal.png
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|image_caption            = Haverhill municipal offices
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton County]], [[New Hampshire]]
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[New Hampshire]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in New Hampshire|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton]]
|parts_type               = Villages
|parts                    = {{ubl|East Haverhill|Haverhill Corner|[[Mountain Lakes, New Hampshire|Mountain Lakes]]|[[North Haverhill, New Hampshire|North Haverhill]]|[[Pike, New Hampshire|Pike]]|[[Woodsville, New Hampshire|Woodsville]]}}
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Selectboard]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Rod O'Shana|Joe Longacre|Theresa Paige|Ron C. Hurlburt|Kevin Knapp}}
|leader_title1            = [[Town Administrator]]
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1763
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 135.6
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 132.1
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 3.5
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 2.62
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300934820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Haverhill town, Grafton County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 4585
|population_density_km2   = 34.7
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|44|02|03|N|72|03|50|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 
|elevation_ft             = 640
|website                  = {{URL|www.haverhill-nh.com}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 03765 (Haverhill)<br />03774 ([[North Haverhill, New Hampshire|North Haverhill]])<br />03780 ([[Pike, New Hampshire|Pike]])<br />03785 ([[Woodsville, New Hampshire|Woodsville]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-34820
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873621
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Haverhill''' is a [[New England town|town]] and the [[County seat|seat]] of [[Grafton County, New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 4,585 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> Haverhill includes the villages of [[Woodsville, New Hampshire|Woodsville]], [[Pike, New Hampshire|Pike]], and [[North Haverhill, New Hampshire|North Haverhill]], the historic town center at Haverhill Corner, and the district of [[Mountain Lakes, New Hampshire|Mountain Lakes]]. Located here are [[Bedell Bridge State Park]], Black Mountain State Forest, Kinder Memorial Forest, and Oliverian Valley Wildlife Preserve. It is home to the annual North Haverhill Fair, and to a branch of the [[New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges]].

==History==
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Settled by citizens from [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], the town was first known as [[Coos, New Hampshire|"Lower Cohos"]]. This Lower Cohos name is derived from the original Abenaki people who had a base for agriculture here. It was incorporated in 1763 by [[British North America|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]], and in 1773 became the county seat of Grafton County. Haverhill was the terminus of the old Province Road, which connected the northern and western settlements with the seacoast. By 1859, when the town had 2,405 inhabitants, industries included three [[gristmill]]s, twelve [[sawmill]]s, a [[paper mill]], a large [[Tanning (leather)|tannery]], a [[carriage]] manufacturer, an [[iron]] [[foundry]], seven [[shoemaking|shoe factories]], a [[printing]] office, and several [[machine shop|mechanic shops]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&dq=coolidge+mansfield+history+description+new+england+1859&pg=PA9 |title=A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859 |access-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808233025/https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=coolidge+mansfield+history+description+new+england+1859&source=web&ots=cUndZkVSIF&sig=tIIdKdnVIkM1ULWZYVqH4J03FbE&hl=en#PPA519,M1 |url-status=live |last1=Coolidge |first1=Austin Jacobs |last2=Mansfield |first2=John Brainard |year=1859 }}</ref> The town is home to the oldest documented [[covered bridge]] in the country still standing—the [[Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge|Haverhill–Bath Bridge]], built in 1829.

The village of Woodsville, named for John L. Woods of [[Wells River, Vermont]], was once an important [[railroad]] center. Woods operated a sawmill on the [[Ammonoosuc River]], and developed a railroad supply enterprise following the establishment of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad. The village of Pike was settled by future employees of the Pike Manufacturing Company, which was once the world's leading manufacturer of [[Whetstone (tool)|whetstones]].

While the village of Haverhill Corner was historically considered to be the primary settlement in town, the town's municipal offices are currently located in the village of North Haverhill, with Grafton County's offices and courthouse located just two miles farther north along Route 10. The county seat offices were located in Woodsville until 1972, when the administrative offices relocated to rural land halfway between Woodsville and North Haverhill.

The village of Woodsville is now the commercial center of Haverhill and its smaller surrounding towns, including several in Vermont. Woodsville is home to the town's supermarkets, pharmacies, banks (including the headquarters of the regional Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank), state liquor store, and most of its restaurants and chain stores, although a few are located in North Haverhill. The town's elementary and high schools, along with Cottage Hospital, a critical-access hospital serving the area, are all located in Woodsville.

<gallery>
Image:The Green Door Inn, Haverhill, NH.jpg|Green Door Inn {{circa|1920}}
Image:No Man's Island.jpg|No Man's Island in 1913
Image:East Haverhill, NH.jpg|East Haverhill in 1917
Image:Court Street, Looking West, Haverhill, NH.jpg|Court Street in 1910
</gallery>

==Geography==
Haverhill is in northwestern [[New Hampshire]]. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|135.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|132.1|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|3.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 2.62% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Bounded on the west by the [[Connecticut River]], which forms the state border with [[Vermont]], Haverhill is drained by the [[Ammonoosuc River]], in addition to [[Oliverian Brook]] and Clark Brook. Haverhill lies fully within the Connecticut River [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N. |author3=Medalie, Laura |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995 |access-date=May 29, 2007 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004543/http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The highest point in Haverhill, at {{convert|2320|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], is on the western slope of Black Mountain, whose {{convert|2830|ft|m|abbr=on}} summit is in the neighboring town of [[Benton, New Hampshire|Benton]].

The town is served by six state-maintained routes. [[New Hampshire Route 10]] is the main north–south highway through Haverhill, paralleling the Connecticut River. [[U.S. Route 302#New Hampshire|U.S. Route 302]] enters from Vermont and passes east–west through Woodsville in the northern part of town, joining with Route 10 to head northeast to [[Bath, New Hampshire|Bath]] and [[Littleton, New Hampshire|Littleton]]. [[New Hampshire Route 25]] enters Haverhill from [[Piermont, New Hampshire|Piermont]] while co-signed with Route 10, splitting off by itself to the southeast in Haverhill Corner. [[New Hampshire Route 116]] has its southern terminus at Route 10 in North Haverhill, and [[New Hampshire Route 135]] has its southern terminus at Route 10 just south of Woodsville. A very short section of [[New Hampshire Route 112]] passes through the northeastern part of town. Haverhill also has easy access to [[U.S. Route 5 in Vermont|U.S. Route 5]] via bridges in North Haverhill and Woodsville.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 552
|1800= 805
|1810= 1105
|1820= 1609
|1830= 2183
|1840= 2675
|1850= 2405
|1860= 2291
|1870= 2271
|1880= 2455
|1890= 2545
|1900= 3414
|1910= 3498
|1920= 3406
|1930= 3665
|1940= 3487
|1950= 3357
|1960= 3127
|1970= 3090
|1980= 3445
|1990= 4164
|2000= 4416
|2010= 4697
|2020= 4585
|estyear=
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2020"/><ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 4,697 people, 1,928 households, and 1,208 families residing in the town. There were 2,379 housing units, of which 451, or 19.0%, were vacant. 294 of the vacant units were for seasonal or recreational use. The racial makeup of the town was 96.7% [[White Americans|white]], 0.4% [[African American]], 0.4% [[Native Americans of the United States|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asia]]n, 0.1% [[Native Hawaiian]] or Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 1.2% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300934820| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Haverhill town, Grafton County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 30, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214000302/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300934820| archive-date=February 14, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 1,928 households, 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29, and the average family size was 2.80.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

In the town, 19.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% were from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $48,405, and the median income for a family was $56,100. Male full-time workers had a median income of $42,363 versus $33,150 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $24,493. 15.1% of the population and 9.9% of families were below the poverty line. 26.7% of the population under the age of 18 and 5.3% of those 65 or older were living in poverty.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300934820| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Haverhill town, Grafton County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 30, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160655/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300934820| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Sites of interest==
* Bedell Bridge State Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhstateparks.org/state-parks/alphabetical-order/bedell-bridge-state-park/ |website=www.nhstateparks.org |access-date=July 20, 2022 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221031343/http://www.nhstateparks.org/state-parks/alphabetical-order/bedell-bridge-state-park/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge (1829)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/p51.html |title=BATH-HAVERHILL BRIDGE – New Hampshire Covered Bridges<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220020618/http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/p51.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Haverhill Historical Society & Museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.town.haverhill.nh.us/historicalsociet.html|title=Historical Society|date=October 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005021937/http://www.town.haverhill.nh.us/historicalsociet.html|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=October 5, 2010}}</ref>
* Museum of American Weather<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-attractions/museum-of-weather.aspx|title=NH Attractions - Museum of American Weather - NewHampshire.com|date=August 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808112141/http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-attractions/museum-of-weather.aspx|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=August 8, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Oliverian School]]
* Clement Farm Disc Golf Course

== Notable people ==
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* [[George Barstow (California politician)|George Barstow]] (1824–1883), [[California]] politician
* [[Samuel Brooks (Canadian politician)|Samuel Brooks]] ({{circa|1793}}–1849), merchant, politician in [[Lower Canada]]
* [[Noah Davis (judge)|Noah Davis]] (1818–1902), U.S. congressman
* [[Henry W. Keyes]] (1863–1938), 56th [[List of governors of New Hampshire|governor of New Hampshire]]
* [[Ebenezer Mackintosh]] (1737–1816), leader in Boston [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] riots
* [[Thomas Leverett Nelson]] (1827–1897), judge
* [[John Page (New Hampshire politician)|John Page]] (1787–1865), governor of New Hampshire, [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]]
* [[John A. Page]] (1814–1891), son of Governor and Senator John Page, [[Vermont State Treasurer]]
* [[Chad Paronto]] (born 1975), relief pitcher with the [[Baltimore Orioles]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Atlanta Braves]], and [[Houston Astros]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paronch01.shtml|title=Chad Paronto Stats {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712074007/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paronch01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan H. Rowell]] (1833–1908), U.S. congressman from [[Illinois]]
* [[Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1931)|Bob Smith]] (1931–2013), pitcher with the [[Boston Red Sox]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], and [[Detroit Tigers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo05.shtml|title=Bob Smith Stats {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=July 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713090431/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo05.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mark Steyn]] (born 1959), writer, political commentator<ref>{{cite web|title=My Kind of Town|website=[[National Review]]|date=September 20, 2011|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/277779/my-kind-town-mark-steyn|access-date=September 20, 2011|archive-date=September 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924033924/http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/277779/my-kind-town-mark-steyn|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Frank Stoddard]], crew chief with [[NASCAR]]<ref name=CircleTrack>{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Bob|title=NASCAR Crew Chief Frank Stoddard|url=http://www.circletrack.com/ultimateracing/ctrp_0008_nascar_crew_chief_frank_stoddard/index.html|access-date=January 19, 2011|newspaper=Circle Track|date=Feb 2009|archive-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708160028/http://www.circletrack.com/ultimateracing/ctrp_0008_nascar_crew_chief_frank_stoddard/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Incident==
[[Disappearance of Maura Murray|Maura Murray]] disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on [[New Hampshire Route 112]] near [[Woodsville, New Hampshire|Woodsville]].

==References==

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Haverhill, New Hampshire}}
* {{Official website|www.haverhill-nh.com}}
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/haverhill.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Haverhill
 | North     = [[Bath, New Hampshire|Bath]]
 | Northeast = [[Landaff, New Hampshire|Landaff]]
 | East      = [[Benton, New Hampshire|Benton]]
 | Southeast = [[Warren, New Hampshire|Warren]]
 | South     = [[Piermont, New Hampshire|Piermont]]
 | Southwest = [[Bradford, Vermont]]
 | West      = [[Newbury (town), Vermont|Newbury, Vermont]],<br />including [[Wells River, Vermont|Wells River]]
 | Northwest = [[Ryegate, Vermont]]
}}

{{Grafton County, New Hampshire}}
{{Connecticut River}}

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[[Category:Haverhill, New Hampshire| ]]
[[Category:Towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:County seats in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1763]]
[[Category:New Hampshire populated places on the Connecticut River]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]